Personal Info
Birth date
1916-11-20 (108 Years)
Day of death
2008-07-04
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Also known as
Evelyn Louise Keyes
Evelyn Keyes
Biography
Evelyn Louise Keyes (November 20, 1916 - July 4, 2008) was an American film actress. A chorus girl by age 18, Keyes came out to Hollywood and was introduced to Cecil B. DeMille, who in her own words, “signed me to a personal contract without even making a test”. After a handful of B-movies at Paramount Pictures, she landed the role in Gone with the Wind, of Scarlett O'Hara's sister, Suellen. She was later interviewed for the 1988 documentary The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind. Columbia Pictures signed her to a contract. In 1941, she played an ingenue in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. She spent most of the early 1940s playing leads in many of Columbia's B dramas and mysteries. She appeared as the female lead opposite Larry Parks in Columbia's blockbuster hit, The Jolson Story. She followed this up with an enjoyable minor screwball comedy, The Mating of Millie, with Glenn Ford. She was then in a 1949 role as Kathy Flannigan in Mrs. Mike. Keyes' last major film role was a small part as Tom Ewell's vacationing wife in The Seven Year Itch (1955), which starred Marilyn Monroe. Keyes officially retired in 1956, but continued to act.
Filmography
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Amazing Stories
7.4
Overview:
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.Climax!
3.273
Overview:
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.Lux Video Theatre
6.333
Overview:
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.Gone with the Wind
7.933
Overview:
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.Around the World in Eighty Days
6.647
Overview:
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.The Seven Year Itch
7.063
Overview:
With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!A Return to Salem's Lot
5.948
Overview:
Joe Weber is an anthropologist who takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot unaware that it is populated by vampires. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they ask Joe to write a bible for them.The Desperadoes
5.7
Overview:
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and when Willie's choice for this doesn't show in time, he gets some local boys to do it. When his man does turn up he decides to stick around, as he is pals with the sheriff and also takes a shine to Willie's daughter Allison. This gives the bad men several new problems.Slightly Honorable
4.667
Overview:
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.The Prowler
6.815
Overview:
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.Wicked Stepmother
4.5
Overview:
A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family's home and cause havoc, one at a time since they share one body & the other must live in a cat the rest of the time. Now it's up to the family's mother, a private detective, and a suspended police officer to try and stop the witches.Union Pacific
6.5
Overview:
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?Here Comes Mr. Jordan
6.995
Overview:
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?A Thousand and One Nights
5.7
Overview:
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.99 River Street
6.831
Overview:
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.Johnny O'Clock
6.2
Overview:
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.The Face Behind the Mask
6.5
Overview:
A sweet, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8
Overview:
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.Hell's Half Acre
5.5
Overview:
A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.Enchantment
6.4
Overview:
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.Men with Wings
5
Overview:
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
5.9
Overview:
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.Iron Man
6.1
Overview:
In Coaltown, Pennsylvania, miner Coke Mason hopes to better himself, buy a radio store, and marry Rose Warren. His gambler brother George thinks Coke can be more successful as a boxer, knowing that when he fights he's consumed with a murderous rage that makes him an "iron man." Seeing dollar signs in Rose's eyes, Coke reluctantly agrees, though he's fearful of the "killer instinct" that makes him a knockout success in the ring...and brings him the booing hatred of the fans. Will Coke throw off his personal demon before he kills someone?The Killer That Stalked New York
6.086
Overview:
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.The Adventures of Martin Eden
6
Overview:
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.The Mating of Millie
6.8
Overview:
Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan Tommy Bassett, but learns that she will first have to have a husband, Millie turns to a recently fired bus driver, Doug Andrews. Though he has no interest in marriage, Doug offers to help Millie find a husband by transforming her into a beautiful and exciting woman, one who catches the eye of two eligible bachelors, including the orphanage's president.Acting
2003Biography: Humphrey Bogart as Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Self
1998Glorious Technicolor as Self
1990Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream as Self
1989Wicked Stepmother as Witch Instructor
1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self
1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self
1987Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist as Self
1987A Return to Salem's Lot as Mrs. Axel
1985Amazing Stories (1 Episode) as Evelyn Chumsky
1984Murder, She Wrote (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Edna, Wanda Polaski, Sister Emily
1968A Matter of Diamonds as Mrs. Panzack
1956Around the World in Eighty Days as Paris Tart
1955The Seven Year Itch as Helen Sherman
1955Top of the World as Virgie Rayne
1954Climax! (1 Episode) as Drusilla Cayley
1954Hell's Half Acre as Donna Williams
195399 River Street as Linda James
1953Rough Shoot as Cecily
1952It Happened in Paris as Patricia Moran
1952One Big Affair as Jean Harper
1951Iron Man as Rose Warren Mason
1951The Prowler as Susan Gilvray
1951Smuggler's Island as Vivian Craig
1950The Killer That Stalked New York as Sheila Bennet
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Jane
1949Mrs. Mike as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
1949Mr. Soft Touch as Jenny Jones
1948Enchantment as Grizel Dane
1948The Mating of Millie as Millie McGonigle
1947Johnny O'Clock as Nancy Hobson
1946The Jolson Story as Julie Benson
1946The Thrill of Brazil as Vicki Dean
1946Renegades as Hannah Brockway
1945A Thousand and One Nights as Babs The Genie
1944Strange Affair as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
1944Nine Girls as Mary O'Ryan
1943There's Something About a Soldier as Carol Harkness
1943Dangerous Blondes as Jane Craig
1943The Desperadoes as Allison McLeod
1942Flight Lieutenant as Susie Thompson
1942The Adventures of Martin Eden as Ruth Morley
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 as Unknown
1941Ladies in Retirement as Lucy
1941Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Bette Logan
1941The Face Behind the Mask as Helen Williams
1940Beyond the Sacramento as Lynn Perry
1940Before I Hang as Martha Garth
1940The Lady in Question as Francois Morestan
1939Slightly Honorable as Miss Vlissingen
1939Gone with the Wind as Suellen O'Hara
1939Union Pacific as Mrs. Calvin
1939Sudden Money as Mary Patterson
1939Paris Honeymoon as Village Girl (uncredited)
1938Artists and Models Abroad as Girl (uncredited)
1938Sons of the Legion as Linda Lee
1938Men with Wings as Nurse
1938The Buccaneer as Madeleine